Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7.0.6000.16473 location.href null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7.0.6000.16473 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument location.href leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-7066. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7.0.6000.16473 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument location.href with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.

The weakness was published 07/29/2006 by Aviv Raff (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blogs.securiteam.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-7066 since 02/27/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at metasploit.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22184 (MS06-042: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (918899)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28068), Tenable (22184), SecurityFocus (BID 19228†), OSVDB (27533†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14555†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1028, VDB-2344, VDB-2343 and VDB-2440. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 22184
Nessus Name: MS06-042: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (918899)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: blogs.securiteam.com⛔
Researcher: Aviv Raff
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-7066 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-7066
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35255
X-Force: 28068
SecurityFocus: 19228 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Deleted Frame Object Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 27533 - Microsoft IE Orphan Object Property Access NULL Dereference
Vulnerability Center: 14555 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Denial of Service, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 07/13/2021 15:30
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (61), 05/07/2019 12:41 (12), 07/13/2021 15:30 (2)
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